To create eight modern, luxury villas within a large residential community that feel both private and spacious. The fundamental design concept consisted of a cube with an L-shaped block attached to two of its sides. The cube became a double-height living room, with all other rooms located in the three-storey L block, creating private sections within the villa. Built in four rows of two, each villa shares a wall with another, but through positioning and design, shared space is minimised and privacy is maximised, with each villa facing a different direction. Geometric shapes are repeated throughout, with a two-storey concrete-frame entrance acting as an external focal point of design. ...Collapse

The Oriental Garden is a large residential area spread over 200,000 sq-m. The site is divided into 12 separate ‘villa zones,’ of which M3 is one. The site for the M3 zone is situated on a long slip of land with a sloping level within 4m difference sliding from East to West. The ground floor was raised to 1.2m to make room for a semi-basement level. ...Collapse